When I upload to Vimeo or YouTube it detects 360 and then I have an unwatchable 360 video

[USH_Publicity]

I did not shoot in 360 - we used the RED Scarlett.

I edited on a 4k timeline in Premiere Pro. I set my Sequence for the RED 2:1.

I exported matching sequence.

I used encoder to transcode into H.264 matching the high bitrate.

I uploaded to Vimeo and it detected 360 footage and promptly treated it as such.

On export I did not check the VR box.

I've re -exported from Premiere using ProRes 422 HQ again did not check the VR box under Video tab. Transcoded in Media Encoder to H.264 again matching bitrate.

I uploaded to Vimeo and again it's a 360 video.

I re- exported matching bitrate, transcoded through HandBrake to H.264. Uploaded to Vimeo - still 360 video.

Is the 360 backed into my media? Is there some setting on the RED that would indicate this is 360 footage?

Help. Please Help.

Julie

[ah_photo]

How long are you waiting after you upload to YouTube? YouTube tends to process a 360p version first, and then in the background creates subsequently higher resolution tiers of the video (same goes for Vimeo I think). If you upload and instantly check your video when it's "done" you may only see the 360p video for 5-10min, maybe even longer depending on how long the video is. You also may need to manually select a higher resolution playback on YouTube

Other than that, if you take your finished H.264 video and bring it back into Premiere, what resolution does Premiere say the file is?

[USH_Publicity]

Thank you for your response. I did resolve this issue. Here is what I learned. Though Vimeo detected a 360 file it was not correct. There was nothing wrong with my export. You can simply override the 360 format by going to the distribution tab - there is a on/off button to change the file. I turned it off and the file returned to normal.

[danioshi]

This helped me! But also the answer from cadev92852922 below helped!

[USH_Publicity]

Note - under the Distribution tab on the left hand side of the page are the tabs: Social, Discovery, Subtitles & Video file links. All tabs display the option to turn on/off the "Recorded in 360" button.

[cadev92852922]

Was having this same issue. 

Had to re-export video, scroll to bottom of export settings and uncheck "for VR" 

Hope this helps!

[silverquiver1]

This was the solution I needed. Thank you so much!